Ann Lynch (archaeologist)

Ann Lynch is an Irish archaeologist specialising in prehistory. She is a former Chief Archaeologist with the National Monuments Service of Ireland.

Lynch studied at University College Cork and has led excavations on a number of major national monuments, including Poulnabrone dolmen (1986 & 1988), Newgrange (1980s), Skellig Michael (from the mid-1980s), Dublin Castle (1985), and Moor Abbey, County Tipperary (2019).

Selected publications

Books

• "Dublin Castle: From Fortress to Palace Volume 2". Wordwell, 2023.
• "Poulnabrone: An Early Neolithic Portal Tomb in Ireland". Stationery Office, 2014.
• "Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford". Stationery Office, 2010.

Journals

• "Reviewing the state of archaeology in Ireland". The National Monuments Service, volume 22, nr 2, 2008. pp. 10–12

Online lectures

• Poulnabrone, a tomb for the ancestors. Burrenbeo Trust, 2022

References

Sources

• O'Kelly, Michael J. "Early Ireland: An Introduction to Irish Prehistory". Cambridge University Press, 1989.